BIOGRAPHY

NORTON FOUNTAIN - OF OAKFIELD, NY

Fountain, Norton, p. o. Oakfield, N. Y., was born in Mendon, Monroe County, NY, November 11, 1833. His father was a native of Orleans County, and married Pauline Davis, daughter of Martin Davis; their children were John, Robert, Jerome, Howard, Caroline, Adelaide and Norton. Mr. Fountain died in 1861. Norton Fountain was educated in Macedon Center and at the Rochester Business College, after which he taught school three years. Mr. Fountain is one of the progressive farmers of Alabama and a man of excellent character and of sterling integrity.

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890